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The rainfall forecast is direct model output from Numerical Weather Prediction models but is a guideline only. Rain refers to precipitation, which can be rain, sleet or snow. It forecasts how much rain will fall (in mm) hourly during the previous hour (accumulations), then in 3 hourly and finally 6 hourly accumulations up to 7 days. This service is based on data and products of the HARMONIE-AROME and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) models.
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National Forecast
30 June 2025 14:18
Today
Generally cloudy for the rest of the day, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the northwest and west and with some misty conditions along the south coast. The rain and drizzle will continue to slowly extend eastwards through the afternoon and evening, heaviest and most persistent in the west and north, with localised flooding. The rain is unlikely to reach much of east Leinster and southeast Munster before nightfall. It'll become drier and a little brighter in the northwest and west in the evening. Highest temperatures of just 14 to 17 degrees in western parts of Connacht and Ulster, but generally 18 to 23 degrees, warmest in the east, with light to moderate southerly or variable winds, gradually becoming north to northwesterly in the west.
Tonight
Becoming largely dry overnight as the rain, drizzle and mist clears eastwards, but it's likely to linger in parts of the east and southeast. There'll be some clear spells, mainly in the west. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees generally, milder in the southeast, with light, occasionally moderate north to northwest breezes.
Tomorrow
I'll start off fairly cloudy tomorrow morning, especially in the east and southeast with a little patchy drizzle and mist there clearing early on. Elsewhere there'll be a mix of cloud and sunny spells, with a few isolated showers. Into the afternoon and evening, better sunny spells will develop, with a good lot of dry weather, but with well scattered showers too, a few possibly heavy, mainly in the south and east. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 or 20 degrees, warmest in the south, in light, occasionally moderate, north or northwest breezes.
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